CaliBAN

OK, I know it was all my own fault, really.

How many times have I been told not to drink anything at the computer?

How many times have I been told to make back-ups frequently?

Caliban was just being his normal, bouncy but innocent self. The
ultimate stupidity was mine - what in the world made me throw him a
tinfoil ball when he was sitting right beside a half-full cup of tea
that in turn was sitting right beside my computer?

The inevitable happened - when plunging after the ball, Caliban tipped
over the cup and my laptop computer was doused in tea. This happened on
Saturday morning. Saturday evening, it wouldn't start up at all. I
agonized all evening about how to save all the important stuff off the
hard drive. I'd backed it up in May or so.

On Sunday morning, it seems it had dried out a little, and it started
up. I immediately copied everything onto an external hard drive. By
Sunday evening, it was almost working as normal.

The only thing is, the keys on the left side of the keyboard don't work
at all, neither do the number keys. Maybe they'll start working, too, if
I wait some more. Or I'll have to buy a separate keyboard.

I borrowed my laptop from work while I'm waiting to see if it will start
working again. And it wasn't Caliban's fault.

--
Marina

"Marina" wrote in message
...
OK, I know it was all my own fault, really.

How many times have I been told not to drink anything at the computer?

How many times have I been told to make back-ups frequently?

Caliban was just being his normal, bouncy but innocent self. The ultimate
stupidity was mine - what in the world made me throw him a tinfoil ball
when he was sitting right beside a half-full cup of tea that in turn was
sitting right beside my computer?

The inevitable happened - when plunging after the ball, Caliban tipped
over the cup and my laptop computer was doused in tea. This happened on
Saturday morning. Saturday evening, it wouldn't start up at all. I
agonized all evening about how to save all the important stuff off the
hard drive. I'd backed it up in May or so.

On Sunday morning, it seems it had dried out a little, and it started up.
I immediately copied everything onto an external hard drive. By Sunday
evening, it was almost working as normal.

The only thing is, the keys on the left side of the keyboard don't work at
all, neither do the number keys. Maybe they'll start working, too, if I
wait some more. Or I'll have to buy a separate keyboard.

I borrowed my laptop from work while I'm waiting to see if it will start
working again. And it wasn't Caliban's fault.

--
Marina

Good luck with that-- we are sending you techno-purrs! I am courting
disaster myself, with my breakfast beside me and Dante ping-ponging around
the room. :0

Marina wrote:
OK, I know it was all my own fault, really.

How many times have I been told not to drink anything at the computer?

How many times have I been told to make back-ups frequently?

Caliban was just being his normal, bouncy but innocent self. The
ultimate stupidity was mine - what in the world made me throw him a
tinfoil ball when he was sitting right beside a half-full cup of tea
that in turn was sitting right beside my computer?

The inevitable happened - when plunging after the ball, Caliban tipped
over the cup and my laptop computer was doused in tea. This happened
on Saturday morning. Saturday evening, it wouldn't start up at all. I
agonized all evening about how to save all the important stuff off the
hard drive. I'd backed it up in May or so.

On Sunday morning, it seems it had dried out a little, and it started
up. I immediately copied everything onto an external hard drive. By
Sunday evening, it was almost working as normal.

The only thing is, the keys on the left side of the keyboard don't
work at all, neither do the number keys. Maybe they'll start working,
too, if I wait some more. Or I'll have to buy a separate keyboard.

I borrowed my laptop from work while I'm waiting to see if it will
start working again. And it wasn't Caliban's fault.

Ouch! Computer purrs on the way.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

On 29 Okt., 15:11, Marina wrote:
OK, I know it was all my own fault, really.

How many times have I been told not to drink anything at the computer?

How many times have I been told to make back-ups frequently?

Caliban was just being his normal, bouncy but innocent self. The
ultimate stupidity was mine - what in the world made me throw him a
tinfoil ball when he was sitting right beside a half-full cup of tea
that in turn was sitting right beside my computer?

The inevitable happened - when plunging after the ball, Caliban tipped
over the cup and my laptop computer was doused in tea. This happened on
Saturday morning. Saturday evening, it wouldn't start up at all. I
agonized all evening about how to save all the important stuff off the
hard drive. I'd backed it up in May or so.

On Sunday morning, it seems it had dried out a little, and it started
up. I immediately copied everything onto an external hard drive. By
Sunday evening, it was almost working as normal.

The only thing is, the keys on the left side of the keyboard don't work
at all, neither do the number keys. Maybe they'll start working, too, if
I wait some more. Or I'll have to buy a separate keyboard.

I borrowed my laptop from work while I'm waiting to see if it will start
working again. And it wasn't Caliban's fault.

--
Marina

Boy are you lucky that you didn't get a short circuit while booting
the laptop.
I would have waited days and put the laptop on a (not too) warm oven
to
be sure everything had dried out.

If you take your tea with sugar there might be something dried stuff
be stuck
under the keyboard which prevents the signal of the keys from being
send to the processor.
Laptop keybords have to be cleaned (inside) by an expert. Would be
expensive.

I had the same thing with coffee and a joke which got me on surprise.

Kreisleriana wrote:
Good luck with that-- we are sending you techno-purrs! I am courting
disaster myself, with my breakfast beside me and Dante ping-ponging around
the room. :0


Uh-oh! Better watch out!

--
Marina

Bettina wrote:
Boy are you lucky that you didn't get a short circuit while booting
the laptop.
I would have waited days and put the laptop on a (not too) warm oven
to
be sure everything had dried out.

If you take your tea with sugar there might be something dried stuff
be stuck
under the keyboard which prevents the signal of the keys from being
send to the processor.
Laptop keybords have to be cleaned (inside) by an expert. Would be
expensive.

I had the same thing with coffee and a joke which got me on surprise.


I don't take sugar or milk in my tea. I had the laptop drying under a
lamp. I might ask one of the guys at work to look at it...

--
Marina

Marina wrote:

I borrowed my laptop from work while I'm waiting to see if it will start
working again. And it wasn't Caliban's fault.

What are you going to tell them at work? My cat ate my homework?

I once almost destroyed a computer with a full 16-oz (approx 1/2 liter)
cup of coke. Luckily, it had no important data on it at the time.

Joyce

On Oct 29, 7:11 am, Marina wrote:
OK, I know it was all my own fault, really.

How many times have I been told not to drink anything at the computer?

How many times have I been told to make back-ups frequently?

Caliban was just being his normal, bouncy but innocent self. The
ultimate stupidity was mine - what in the world made me throw him a
tinfoil ball when he was sitting right beside a half-full cup of tea
that in turn was sitting right beside my computer?

The inevitable happened - when plunging after the ball, Caliban tipped
over the cup and my laptop computer was doused in tea. This happened on
Saturday morning. Saturday evening, it wouldn't start up at all. I
agonized all evening about how to save all the important stuff off the
hard drive. I'd backed it up in May or so.

On Sunday morning, it seems it had dried out a little, and it started
up. I immediately copied everything onto an external hard drive. By
Sunday evening, it was almost working as normal.

The only thing is, the keys on the left side of the keyboard don't work
at all, neither do the number keys. Maybe they'll start working, too, if
I wait some more. Or I'll have to buy a separate keyboard.

I borrowed my laptop from work while I'm waiting to see if it will start
working again. And it wasn't Caliban's fault.

--
Marina

This is why I keep my cups of tea on my bedside table which is about
six inches lower and at least a foot away from my keyboard. Since the
girl's are fond of coming to see what I'm doing and sitting down for a
snuggle and a visit.

But thank goodness your computer started up, again long enough for you
to get your important data. =o)

Melissa

I hope you're computer is running better by now (and you've managed to
salvage your keyboard, too!) -- I don't know why we tempt fate like this ;o)
Christine
"Marina" wrote in message
...
OK, I know it was all my own fault, really.

How many times have I been told not to drink anything at the computer?

How many times have I been told to make back-ups frequently?

Caliban was just being his normal, bouncy but innocent self. The ultimate
stupidity was mine - what in the world made me throw him a tinfoil ball
when he was sitting right beside a half-full cup of tea that in turn was
sitting right beside my computer?

The inevitable happened - when plunging after the ball, Caliban tipped
over the cup and my laptop computer was doused in tea. This happened on
Saturday morning. Saturday evening, it wouldn't start up at all. I
agonized all evening about how to save all the important stuff off the
hard drive. I'd backed it up in May or so.

On Sunday morning, it seems it had dried out a little, and it started up.
I immediately copied everything onto an external hard drive. By Sunday
evening, it was almost working as normal.

The only thing is, the keys on the left side of the keyboard don't work at
all, neither do the number keys. Maybe they'll start working, too, if I
wait some more. Or I'll have to buy a separate keyboard.

I borrowed my laptop from work while I'm waiting to see if it will start
working again. And it wasn't Caliban's fault.

--
Marina

Christine Burel wrote:
I hope you're computer is running better by now (and you've managed to
salvage your keyboard, too!) -- I don't know why we tempt fate like this ;o)

Thanks, Christine, the computer is running (I'm using it now), but the
keyboard seems to have died (or the left side of it). I got a new
keyboard yesterday. It's not a mobile computer any more. /

And still, here I am, drinking tea at the computer again. Hoomins. We
never learn, do we?

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.